Wade Point Light

The Wade Point Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in North Carolina.

Wade Point Light
Wade Point Light (USCG)
LocationEntrance to Pasquotank River, North Carolina
Coordinates{{WikidataCoord}} – missing coordinate data
Year first lit1855
Foundationscrew-pile
Constructioncast-iron/wood
Tower shapesquare house
Tower height39 feet (12 m)
Original lensfourth-order Fresnel lens
Characteristicfixed white

History

Lightship "M" was stationed at the mouth of the Pasquotank River off Albemarle Sound beginning in 1826. In 1855 it was replaced by a square screw-pile structure . This structure was eventually removed and replaced with the Pasquotank River Entrance Light, an automated tower about two miles NNE of the previous light.

References
  • "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: North Carolina". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
  • Light List, Volume II, Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2007. p. 297.
  • "U.S. Lightship Station Assignments". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 2008-10-07.


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